Education Commons^™

Student Perspective On The Efficacy Of Blended Learning In An Ap English Classroom While Transitioning Through A Pandemic, Laura Hass

Education | Master's Theses

Returning from an online and hybridized learning experience, in the wake of a global pandemic, offers opportunities to integrate new strategies for student engagement and meeting academic standards. This research uses a theoretical framework that includes critical pedagogy (Freire, 2000), Universal Design Learning (Novak & Tucker 2021) and a constructivist approach (Bada & Olusegun, 2015) to blended learning. Tucker (2020) has shown that blended learning shifts classroom workflow, encourages grading practices that are sustainable, fosters partnerships between the teacher and student, and encourages students to take an active role in tracking, assessing, and reflecting on their own learning. This qualitative …

Building An Empathetic Society: The Hidden Curriculum Of Art, Katherine Randall

Education | Master's Theses

Previous research on the benefits of art classes beyond being a creative outlet show that art classes can be a good place for students to practice being a better citizen. However, in the research there is a lack of the student view on completing a socially engaged art (SEA) project and what they learned from it. The purpose of my research was to understand student perception of socially engaged art, as well as to explore the skills learned from art that can help students be socially active in their communities. More specifically, this research shows that art classes teach skills …

Intention, Questions, And Creative Expression: An Antidiscriminatory Diversity Statement, Hannah S. Bright

Scholarship and Engagement in Education

Supporting education that reflects diversity involves maintaining awareness of one’s personal positionality, creating safe and inclusive learning communities, and using creativity and choice to empower and honor student voice and individual development. When working in educational settings, teachers may involve students in selecting relevant materials, and follow their lead in creating critical dialogue about salient factors of identity.

Cultivating Engagement Through Student-Centered Learning In A High School Media Art Class, Dyane Goldman

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

Student-centered-learning is a broad term for an approach to education where students are independent, self-directed learners (Krueger, 2014). This active environment is invigorating, energizing and filled with students deeply engaged in the work at hand. Educators are leaning towards embracing methods that foster independence in their students and in turn, these methods are proving to be effective in cultivating an atmosphere of engagement in all types of learners.

This study assessed implementation of opportunities for self-directed learning, and evaluated student interest and engagement in classroom activities. A review of the literature indicates that adapting this approach can be effective in …

"California Landscapes" Displayed Through August 30, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The Opening Reception for Dominican University of California's "California Landscapes: Variations on a Theme" was June 9 in Alemany Library on the Dominican campus.

Service-Learning Students Team On Restorative Art Project, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Once closed due to concerns about illegal camping, San Rafael’s Boyd Park now hosts a mural that homeless and unemployed people helped create in collaboration with Dominican faculty and students.

Pianist Kevin Kenner Performs In Guest Concert Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Hailed as “one of the finest American pianists to come along in years” by the Chicago Tribune, Kenner has appeared around the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and as a recitalist in major halls. He has won the top prizes in the most prestigious competitions: Tchaikovsky International Competition, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the International Chopin Piano Competition, in which he served as a juror in 2010.

Jean-Michel Fonteneau Opens 2014-15 Guest Concert Series, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Fonteneau, professor of Cello at the Conservatory of Music, performied on stage with pianist June Choi Oh, Chair of Dominican’s Department of Music, Dance and Performing Arts. The program, which capped Family Weekend 2014 at Dominican, featured Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1; Grieg's Sonata for Cello and Piano F Minor, Op. 36 and Prokofiev's Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 119.

Art Of Dana King" Exhibit At Dominican Through August 26, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

King, who received an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Dominican President Mary B. Marcy at Commencement in 2013, was a broadcast journalist for 25 years, which included network stints with ABC’s “Good Morning America Sunday” and the “CBS Morning News” and “CBS Evening News.” She joined San Francisco’s CBS-5 KPIX television as news anchor in 1997. In her 15 years at KPIX, King traveled extensively for the station, bringing to her Bay Area viewers reports of struggle, survival, and perseverance from around the world.

Alumna Presents At Art History Research Symposium, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Hoytt, who works as a flight paramedic for REACH helicopters out of Concord and Lakeport, presented “Hildegard of Bingen in Her Time and Today,” a paper she wrote in a medieval art history class taught by Dr. Leslie Ross, professor and chair of Art History at Dominican. Dr. Ross, who will be a guest lecturer in Koret Auditorium on Friday, April 25, asked Hoytt to present her paper at the symposium in San Francisco

Art Club Impacting Students, Community And Alumni, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The Art Club is a three-year-old program created by the Department of Art, Art History and Design. Held at the Albert Boro Community Center in the Canal district in San Rafael, it provides quality arts education for local youth. It is made possible through an art education grants from the Marin Community Foundation and U.S. Bank and an ongoing partnership with the City of San Rafael Community Services with the support of Steve Mason, director of the Boro Center.